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A new homes development in Hampshire by Grainger plc has established a blueprint for a pioneering Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) infrastructure on large mixed-use developments which is providing a best-practice benchmark for developers. From when it was first talked about, the new 2550-home, 521-acre development at Berewood near Waterlooville was going to strive for the […]

Construction of a sustainable drainage infrastructure for the new Clay Farm Housing Development in Cambridge is currently underway. The overall SUDS strategy for the 109 hectare site is based on a series of three large ponds with infiltration and settling basins located across the site.

A precious part of London’s remaining medieval common land has been saved from the threat of pollution from nearby highways with a simple solution using Hydro’s Downstream Defender®. Mouchel Parkman, on behalf of the Highways Agency, contacted Hydro about the innovative hydrodynamic vortex separation device that saved Shortwood Pond, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, from serious pollution damage.

A pioneering drainage scheme on a Hampshire housing development, acclaimed as a national example of good practice, was only made possible by 18 of the country’s best-kept SUDS secrets. The 1900-home Elvetham Heath development at Fleet is hailed as a shining example of sustainable drainage using linked swales and ponds. It is featured in the […]

A SUDS pond is a man-made pool that enables storage of stormwater in a natural environment with aquatic vegetation planted along its banks that encourages wildlife. Ponds provide stormwater attenuation and flood alleviation whilst providing a landscaped amenity in housing or commercial developments.